Hoever signs new deal and heads out on loan

Wolves defender Ki-Jana Hoever has signed a contract extension with the Premier League club and will spend the 2024-25 season on loan at French top-flight side Auxerre.

The 22-year-old joined Wolves from Liverpool in 2020 and has spent the past 18 months on loan at Stoke City, for whom he made 44 appearances last season.

Matt Jackson, Wolves' head of professional football development, told the club website: "Ki has developed on his previous loans and he's maturing all the time. He's been very good during pre-season with Gary [O'Neil] and his staff, but we just feel a different challenge in France will be best for his own personal development.

"He showed with Stoke that he has the ability to really affect the Championship, but what he's got to do now is progress even further and take his game to the next level in one of the top five leagues in Europe."